Philosophy
Cycle
Primeiro ciclo
Degree
Bachelor
Coordinator
Marta Mendonça
Opening date
September 15, 2014
Vacancies
25 vagas
Fees
1.067,85/year (except Statute of International Student) 1st instalment: 533,93; 2nd instalment: 533,92.
Schedule
(see timetable at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino-en/licenciaturas?set_language=en)
Education objectives
1) Ability to argue critically and to produce discourse that is conceptually articulate, coherent and based on solid principles;
2) Ability to recognise, ponder and clarify the problems that the human being encounters in his effort to understand himself and the world;
3) Ability to question and to understand ideas referring to the nature of reality, knowledge and values which are present in all fields of human experience;
4) Ability to identify and analyse the problems that interconnect the fields of philosophy, science, art and culture.
Access conditions
Completion of secondary education, with a minimum entry grade of 9.5 on a scale of 0 to 20. Students may also be admitted to Higher Education through special access and entry systems, re-enrolment systems, course changes and transfers. More information: http://www.acessoensinosuperior.pt
Degree pre-requisites
Each student must obtain 180 credits: 120 credits from compulsory courses of the study programme, one of which is a 12-credit Seminar entitled Reading and Interpretation of Philosophical Texts, 30 credits from restricted options and 30 credits from free options or a Minor from another academic area. Each semester the student may not enrol in more than 30 credits and must respect any pre-requisites which have been set. At the beginning of each semester, the student is advised as to which courses are the most appropriate for their academic pathway and which they should take.
Access to other courses
Completion of the licenciatura degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes, or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.
Evaluation rules
Assessment is in accordance with the assessment regulations approved by the competent statutory body.
Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711031051 | Philosophical Anthropology | 6 |
| 711031005 | Epistemology | 6 |
| 711031054 | Aesthetics | 6 |
| 711031052 | Ethics | 6 |
| 711031059 | Ancient Philosophy | 6 |
| 711031062 | Contemporary Philosophy | 6 |
| 711031055 | Philosophy of Language | 6 |
| 711031057 | Philosophy of Mind | 6 |
| 711031065 | Philosophy of Nature | 6 |
| 711031058 | Philosophy of Science | 6 |
| 711031056 | Philosophy of Knowledge | 6 |
| 711031020 | Philosophy and Culture in Portugal | 6 |
| 711031060 | Medieval Philosophy | 6 |
| 711031061 | Early Modern Philosophy | 6 |
| 711031053 | Political Philosophy | 6 |
| 711031079 | Logic | 6 |
| 711031047 | Methodology of the philosophical work | 6 |
| 711031064 | Ontology | 6 |
| 711031063 | Seminar: Reading and Interpretation of Philosophical Texts | 12 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711031066 | Bioethics | 6 |
| 711031067 | Applied Ethics | 6 |
| 711031070 | Philosophy of Art | 6 |
| 711031080 | Philosophy of History | 6 |
| 711031069 | Philosophy of Religion | 6 |
| 711031068 | Philosophy of Law | 6 |
| 711031075 | Hispanic Thought | 6 |
| 711031076 | Problematics of the History and Theory of Ideas | 6 |
| 711031071 | Ancient Philosophy Themes | 6 |
| 711031074 | THEMES OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY | 6 |
| 711031072 | Medieval Philosophy Themes | 6 |
| 711031073 | Themes of Modern Philosophy | 6 |
| 711031081 | TOPICS IN LOGIC | 6 |
| 711031077 | Ontology Themes | 6 |